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Everyman is a late 15th-century English morality play. "Here begins a treatise [tale] of how the high Father of Heaven sends Death to summon every creature to come and give account of their lives in this world, told in the form of a morality play". Nothing is known of the author, but it is performed here by actor Burgess Meredith.

Unsworth, Barry Morality Play - Advance Reading Copy Details & Images Binding: Softcover Book Condition: Fine Edition: Advance Review Copy; First Printing Size: 8vo Publisher: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 1995, New York ISBN: 0385479530 [Book #31621] Advance Reading Copy of the First Edition/First Printing in unread Fine condition Click on photo to enlarge Price: $30.00 Similar Books Books for each Month of the Year By Year Of Issue > 1990s Fiction First Edition / First...

In its present form this play is dedicated to the reading public only, and no performances of it may be given. Any piracy or infringement will be prosecuted in accordance with the penalties provided by the United States Statutes -Sec. 4966.-Any person publicly performing or representing any dramatic or musical composition, for which copyright has been obtained, without the consent of the proprietor of the said dramatic or musical composition, or his heirs or assigns, shall be liable for damages therefor...

First US printing. "A tale as taut as a thriller about foul doings in fourteenth century England." Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Basis for the 2004 film "The Reckoning" with Paul Bettany and Willem Dafoe. 206 pp. Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (embossed seal of prev owner). .ISBN # 0-385-479530

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Take example, all ye that this do hear or see The Morality Play was popular in England between 1400 and 1600. It offers moral instruction and spiritual teaching with personal abstractions representing good and evil. Surviving plays from that period number about sixty and the three in this edition were among the first ten. Mankind is a plain, honest farming man who struggles against worldly and spiritual temptation. The bawdy humour and violent action in the play serve to make the moral point and...

Here is an in-depth look at the role myth, morality, and religion play in J.R.R. Tolkien's works such as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion-including Tolkien's private letters and revealing opinions of his own work. Richard L. Purtill brilliantly argues that Tolkien's extraordinary ability to touch his readers' lives through his storytelling-so unlike much modern literature-accounts for his enormous literary success. This book demonstrates the moral depth in Tolkien's work...

Morality ~ A Comedy in Three Acts. Three-act comedy by Ludwig Thoma. Translated and adapted by Alma Thieme. Ludwig Thoma came up with the idea for this play while jailed in Munich's Stadelheim Prison in 1906 for insulting that city's "Morality Club" in the political satire-zine SIMPLIZISSIMUS. The play debuted nearly simultaneously in Munich and Berlin in 1908. Alma Thieme has taken Ludwig Thoma's biting satire and made it relevant for a US public. She preserved the turn-of-the-20th-century setting...

This collection, based on several of Lang's "Files," deals with the area where science and academia meet the worlds of journalism and politics: social organization, government, and the roles that education and journalism play in shaping opinions leading to policy decisions. In discussing specific cases in which he became involved, Lang addresses general questions of standards: standards of journalism, standards of discourse, and standards of science. Recurring questions concern: - How people process...

INFO: Two of Europe's current heavyweights collide with United Kingdom's Deal With It and The Netherlands' New Morality on the U.S. press of this 7". Deal With It play metal-infused hardcore in the vein of Cro-Mags and Nuclear Assault while New Morality bring more of a groove, similar to Cold World.

Never before have Americans been more concerned about the moral dimensions of presidential leadership. What role should morality play in the decision making of our most powerful elected official? What did the Founders think about the significance of morality in this cherished political institution? Does the private behavior of a president influence his or her ability to lead our nation? In The Scarlet Thread of Scandal, eminent scholar Charles W. Dunn turns a penetrating eye to the history of presidential...

Demonstrates though textual analysis of seven dramas Shakespeare's adaptation of a medieval character type - the holy fool. Fundamentally, the holy fool's mission is to promote harmony and good will by correcting those personality flaws that impede human community. The identification and development of the holy fool as a viable literary device has led to the discovery of a new motif in Shakespeare's drama - the salvific element of play inherent in the role of holy fool as spiritual physician. They...